JPH0636209B2 - Device that selectively opens and closes windows - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an automatic teller machine (hereinafter referred to as ATM), and more particularly to a means for protecting an ATM during operation from damage and improper use.

BACKGROUND ART ATM is used for cash payment to customers, acceptance of deposits,
It is widely used to provide banking services such as transfer of gold casting between accounts, inquiry of deposit balance, and payment of utility charges. ATMs are activated by the customer inserting an appropriate card and entering his registration number via the key board. The customer displays the content of the desired processing task via the key board. Usually ATM
Has a partition. The partition section is basically
A face plate having a window, and a customer use member of the ATM is arranged in the window when the ATM is in an operating state. The customer utilization member includes, for example, a receiving unit that receives a registration card and a issuing mechanism that issues a receipt for processing work. These members are normally mounted in the forward position of the chassis, and the chassis is placed in its own operating position whereby the customer utilization member occupies the divider window.

At times, it becomes necessary to retract the chassis from the partition to perform maintenance and repairs. Generally, ATM
Is always open to the public and is often permanently installed in an outdoor location where bank staff are not stationed or in a break room of a building. Problems can arise if the ATM chassis is retracted. ATMs whose chassis are not in a normal state are usually deactivated and should not be used. Nevertheless, the customer who wants to use the ATM will somehow try to operate the customer-using member of the ATM through the partition window. More importantly,
It is to prevent objects from being placed in the divider window when the chassis is retracted, and to avoid harm to the divider or chassis when the chassis returns when it is in its forward operating position. is there. And importantly, to protect ATMs from the climate,
Keeping the divider window closed either by the chassis itself or by an alternative device.

The conventional means for closing the compartment window when the ATM chassis is retracted has been manually operated. These conventional means have various drawbacks. As an example, the utility of such conventional manually operated devices is to move the device to its closed position when the chassis is retracted and to open the device when the chassis is returned to its operating position. ATM to move to position
Depends on the person who handles it. A known device for protecting the ATM from the environment when the ATM is not in operation is US Patent No.
4,393,788 and 4,251,009. However, these devices do not operate when some ATM, such as a chassis, moves out of the operating position.
It is not related to the device for protecting.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is to protect a part of a protection machine such as an automatic teller machine, which normally occupies a window of the machine, when the part is moved from the window. The purpose is to close the window on the machine wall.

Another object of the present invention is when the ATM chassis is moved while the ATM partition window is not occupied,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a device for closing a window of an ATM partition which is normally closed by a customer utilization member on the ATM chassis.

Still another object of the present invention is a ATM chassis, in which a member of the ATM normally occupies the window, and when the window is brought into a non-occupied state and the ATM partition is unoccupied. It is to provide a door operation mechanism for automatically closing a window.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a door operating mechanism as described above that effectively and reliably closes the ATM divider window when the chassis is retracted.

An additional object is to provide such a door operating mechanism that is practical to manufacture and efficient to manufacture and use.

Other objects will be apparent from the following description and the appended claims.

The above object is achieved according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention by providing a door operating mechanism including the following: a door assembly for selectively closing a partition window of an ATM; A crank assembly for rotating the shaft about an axis; a link for rotating the crank assembly; a Geneva pawl for transmitting motion from a drive pin on the chassis to the link; The above-mentioned object is achieved by providing a door operation mechanism including a locking hook for preventing the movement of the Geneva claw so that the mechanism is not driven backward when it is pushed to open from the closed position. To be done.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are each a model A of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a front view and a side view of the TM, in which the ATM
The chassis is shown in its own operating position.

3 and 4 are respectively a plan view and a side elevational view of a door operating mechanism according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 5-5 of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a front view, partially in cross section, of a door assembly incorporated into the apparatus of FIGS. 3 and 4.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 7-7 of FIG.

8 and 9 are plan and side elevational views of the link incorporated into the apparatus of FIGS. 3 and 4, respectively.

10 and 11 are a top plan view and a bottom view, respectively, of a Geneva claw incorporated into the apparatus of FIGS. 3 and 4, and FIG. 12 is taken along line 12-12 of FIG. It is the taken sectional view.

FIGS. 13 and 14 are a plan view and a side elevational view of a locking hook incorporated into the apparatus of FIGS. 3 and 4, respectively.

15 to 20 are perspective views showing the operation of the apparatus of FIGS. 3 and 4.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the illustrated ATM 1 has a customer reception panel 2, which is a partition window 5.
A partition 3 having four walls forming a key board 7; a display screen 11; and a receipt exit / card entrance groove (not shown) of the chassis through the partition window 5.
Parts are usually made available. The ATM 1 further comprises a mobile machine in the form of a chassis 15. The chassis 1
Reference numeral 5 includes a printer, a paper feeding unit, and a card reading unit (these are not individually illustrated). The partition 3 and the chassis 15 are mounted on the base 17, and the chassis 15 is movable on the track of the base 17 between its own front operating position and its rearward retracting position, and the receipt at the front operating position. The exit / card entrance groove occupies the window 5, and the chassis is separated from the partition 3 for maintenance and inspection in the rearward retracted position. As mentioned above, the present invention provides for closing the window 5 when the chassis 15 is in the retracted position and for opening the window 5 when the chassis 15 is in its forward operating position to prevent entry from the window 5. Provide a door operation mechanism.

The door operating mechanism 21 is shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. The mechanism is driven by the chassis and in response to a drive assembly, a first, shown as Geneva pawl or lever 29.
It includes a door assembly 23 that is moved by linking means, including links 25, through intermediary of members. The blocking means in the form of a locking hook 31 cooperate with the pawl 29 to prevent the mechanism from being retracted due to the force exerted on the door assembly.

The door assembly 23 includes a door 33. The door 33 includes a welded reinforcing member 35, an upper hinge 37, and a lower hinge 39.
And the shaft portion 41 of the crank assembly 43 extends through the hinge. (See FIG. 6). Hinges 37 and 39
Is attached to the door 33 by any suitable means such as welding. The shaft portion 41 includes a small-diameter hinge pin 45 and the pin 45.
And a large-diameter hinge pin 47 fixed to the same and coaxial with the pin 45. The pin 47 has a shoulder portion 49 at one end, and the door 33 contacts the shoulder portion 49. The two hinges have holes sized to slidably receive the individual hinge pins, thereby allowing the crank assembly to rotate freely therein.

Referring to FIG. 7, as shown in the drawing, the door 33 and the reinforcing member 35 connect the parallel offset portions 51 and 53 and the parallel offset portions 55 and 57, and these individual parallel door portions, and connect them to the parallel door portions. And a vertical intermediate portion 59, 61.

Further, the crank assembly 43 includes a crank arm 63 fixed to one end of the pin and a crank pin 65 biased from the pin 47 and also fixed to the crank arm 63. When sufficient force is applied across the crank pin 65,
The door 33 rotates about the axes of the hinge pins 45 and 47.

Details of link 25 are shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. Link 25 is an elongate member that is slidable to rotate door 33 about hinge pins 45 and 47, as described below. The link 25 has cutouts 71, 73 and 75 so that obstacles that move relative to the link 25 can be avoided. Link 25 further includes a hole 77 for receiving crank pin 65 and a hole 79 for receiving the pin described below. The link 25 is composed of front and rear parts 81 and 83 which are biased to each other and parallel to each other. The front and rear parts 81 and 83 are connected to each other by a transverse part 85. The offset allows free movement of the link 25. When the link 25 advances (towards the partition 3), the crank assembly 43
Is rotated to open the door 33. When the link 25 moves backward from its forward position, the door 33 is closed.
During the sliding movement, the link 25 rests on the platform 87. Fourth
As shown, the hinge pins 45 and 47 and the crank pin 67 are all inclined at an acute angle with respect to the face of the link 25 and the base 87, so that the axis of the hole 77 is also inclined. 67 is accommodated. Link 25
Is preferably a zinc plated steel slab formed by stamping.

As shown in detail in FIGS. 5, 10, and 11, the Geneva claw 29 includes a shoulder bolt 91 with a threaded lower end.
It is rotatably mounted on the base 87 by means of. The Geneva claw 29 has a thick part 92 that acts as a spacer between the upper part of the claw 29 and the link 25 and the base 87. A hole 93 is provided in the thick portion 92, and a bush 94 is press-fitted into the hole 93, and the shoulder bolt 91 extends through the bush 94. The Geneva claw 29 is held on the shoulder bolt 91 by the cap 95 of the shoulder bolt 91. Nut 96 is screwed to the lower end of shoulder bolt 91 extending through platform 87. Geneva Claw 29
Includes a first arm 97, a second arm 98, and vertical posts 99 and 101 extending on opposite sides of the pawl. The base 87 has a vertical tab 103 extending upward (see FIG. 4), and the vertical member 104 is welded to the tab 103. The vertical members 104 have holes at their upper and lower ends, and a pair of coil springs 105 are coupled at their one ends to individual holes in the vertical member 104 and at their other ends to individual posts 99. And 101. Spring 105
Is thus mounted on the center with respect to the axis of rotation of the Geneva claw 29, as shown in FIG.
3 functions to bias Geneva claw 29 clockwise when arm 97 is placed across link 25, and door 33 is opened and arm 98 causes link 25 to move.
The machine is designed to bias the Geneva claw 29 counterclockwise as it is placed across. The lower portion 102 of the thick portion 92 of the Geneva claw 29 through which the shoulder bolt 91 extends has a cylindrical shape, and the lower cylindrical portion is housed in the cutout portion 75 of the link 25. The Geneva claw 29 is preferably a stainless steel casting that has been machined to shape its various detail structures.

Details of the locking hook 31 are shown in FIGS. 13 and 14. The hook 31 includes: an arm 111; an upwardly extending tab 113 for preventing movement of the arm 98 of the Geneva claw 29 when the door 23 is closed; a downwardly extending tab 115; a heavily curved curved surface 117; A rear cam surface 118; a front cam surface 119; and a hole 120 and a hole 121 through the tab 115. The post 123 extends through the hole 120, the spacer 124, the bush 125, and a similarly aligned hole in the platform 87 to pivotally mount the locking hook 31 on the platform 87 (see FIG. 4). ). The end of post 123 is threaded, and threaded cap 126 is attached to post 12
A locking hook 31 is held on top of 3. The tab 128 extends upwardly on the platform 87 and is provided with a hole. Coil spring 12
9 extends so as to engage with the hole of the tab 128 at one end thereof and engage with the hole 121 of the tab 115 at the other end thereof, and as shown in FIG. 3, the locking hook 31 is rotated clockwise. And lock tab 31 in its blocking position as described below.

The driver assembly 27 is movably attached to the chassis 15. The driving body assembly 27 includes a driving body 131 as shown in FIG. 15, and a driving pin 133 for transmitting the movement of the chassis 15 to the link device is mounted on the driving body 131.

Returning to FIGS. 2 and 4, it is determined that:
The partition 3 is tilted rearward with respect to the vertical reference plane, whereby the surface forming the window 5 is also tilted. Accordingly, the various parts of the device associated with the mechanism for opening and closing the window 5 are also configured accordingly. The door support 141 is bolted to the partition 3. The upper hinge 37 (FIG. 6) is bolted to the door support 141, and the hinge pin 45 is
It is parallel to the surface of the window 5. Lower support bracket 1
43 is attached to the bottom of the door support 141, and the lower hinge 39 is bolted to the bracket 143 to ensure proper tilting of the hinge pin. As shown above,
The hole in the link 25 that receives the tilted crank pin is tilted so that the horizontal movement of the link 25 is tilted so that it is parallel to the tilt of the partition section 3 about the axis of the crank assembly 43. It is converted into the rotational movement of the assembly 43.

The operation of the door operating mechanism 21 will be described together with the detailed configuration of the mechanism 21 and its operation with reference to FIGS. 15 to 20. FIG. 15 shows the mechanism in the closed state,
The mechanism is in this closed state of itself when the chassis 15 is retracted. In the closed position of the Geneva claw 29, the Geneva claw 29 moves its arm 97 into the retracted drive pin 13.
Cross the passage of 3 and stretch. The door 33 closes the window 5 (not shown) in its closed position. Locking hook 31
In its blocking position, by placing its tab 113 in the path of the arm 98 of the Geneva claw 29, the customer may try to rotate the door 33 from its closed position or the movement of the return drive mechanism 21. Therefore, the Geneva claw 29 is prevented from being moved. The spring 125 holds the locking barb 31 in its blocking position.

Referring to FIG. 16, in FIG. 16, the chassis 15 is
Figure 6 shows the system when moving towards its forward position as indicated by arrow A. The drive pin 133 is
By engaging the rear cam surface 118 of the locking hook 31 and rotating the hook 31 in the counterclockwise direction (as indicated by arrow B) against the biasing force of the spring 125, Withdraw 113 from the passage of Geneva claw arm 98. After the pin 113 is disengaged from the locking hook 31, the spring 125 returns the locking hook 31 to its blocking position. Seventeenth
In the figure, the drive pin 133 is shown engaged with the Geneva pawl arm 97, and the Geneva pawl 29 is
At this time, the spring 105 is rotating in the counterclockwise direction (the direction indicated by the arrow C) against the biasing force of the spring 105. Geneva Claw 2
By the rotation of 9 in the counterclockwise direction, the pillar 101 of the Geneva claw 29 (which extends in the direction opposite to the pin 99 toward the paper surface of the drawing) presses the link 25, and the link 25 (arrow Advance (as indicated by D). The forward movement of the link 25 causes the crank arm 63 to rotate in the clockwise direction via the connection between the link 25 and the crank pin 65, and the rotation causes the door 33 to move from its closed position. It is once rotated in the direction of arrow E towards its fully closed position. When the drive pin 133 is disengaged from the Geneva claw 29, the spring 105 is provided on the center of the Geneva claw 29.
As shown in FIG. 8, it is rotated to its fully rotated and cut position. When the chassis 15 comes to its most forward position and the receipt exit / card entry groove is located at the window 5, the door 33 is located at its fully open position. Upon rotation to the fully open position, the door 33 rotates more than 90 degrees from the closed position to ensure free movement of the chassis 15 in the forward and retracted positions. In FIG. 18, the system is shown in the fully open position.

Referring to FIG. 19, when the chassis 15 is retracted, the drive pin 133 moves in the direction of arrow F to lock the hook 31.
Engaging the front cam surface 119 of the same with the hook 31 and the spring 125.
Counterclockwise, as indicated by arrow G, causing tab 113 to be removed from the passage of arm 98 of Geneva pawl 29. Continued chassis 15
, The drive pin 133 is engaged with the arm 98 of the Geneva pawl 29 to rotate the Geneva pawl 29 in the direction (arrow H) shown in FIG. 20, thereby causing the link 25 to move. Are retracted as indicated by arrow I. Link 2
By the backward movement of No. 5, the crank assembly 43 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction to swing the door 33 in the arrow J direction toward the closed position. The drive pin 133 is the pin 99.
When the Geneva claw 29 is pulled beyond the central position of the tops of 101 and 101, the Geneva claw 29 is biased toward its initial position by the force of the spring 105, as shown in FIG. When the drive pin 133 is further retracted, the Geneva claw 29 returns to its initial position as shown in FIG. 15, and at the initial position, the locking hook 31 locks the door as described above. To be done.

The mechanism described above is thus effective for closing a customer use window of a machine such as an ATM partition when the device that normally occupies the window does not occupy the window. And provide efficient and efficient means. The mechanism closes the window while preventing the backward movement of the member that closes the window when the apparatus does not occupy the window, and when the apparatus occupies the window, the window is closed. By opening, it achieves its purpose very effectively. The various components can be made using conventional manufacturing techniques, and the assembly of the mechanism can be done without any special training. The present invention, in its preferred embodiment, is thus practical, economical to construct, efficient and effective in operation.

Although the present invention has been described in detail above with respect to its preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that alterations and modifications can be made within the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. A machine for selectively occupying a window, the machine being movable between an occupied state in which the machine occupies the window and a non-occupied state in which the machine does not occupy the window. A device for selectively opening and closing the window arranged inside a wall according to the position, comprising the following elements: door means for closing the window, and the door means in an open position where the window is not covered. And movably mounted between the door and a closed position to close the window, and also the door means is located sufficiently inward of the window in the open position; and operably to the door means. Linking means coupled to move the door means to the open position in response to movement of the machine to the occupied state and to move the door means to the closed position in response to movement of the machine to the unoccupied state. , The link means that the machine is unoccupied Apparatus for selectively opening and closing the window, characterized in that it comprises a; includes a blocking means for preventing movement of the door means from the closed position to the open position. 2. A first position and a second position for connecting the link means to the following elements: the door means and for moving the door means between the closed positions. A link means movable between; responsive to movement of the machine to the occupied state, moving the link means to the first position and responsive to movement of the machine to the unoccupied state; A first member for moving the link means to the second position; and a blocking position for blocking movement of the link means from the second position to the first position, and a second position of the link means from the second position 2. A device for selectively opening and closing a window as claimed in claim 1, comprising said blocking means movable to and from a release position allowing movement to a first position. 3. The first member is movably mounted to the link means and includes first and second engagement means;
And the device places the first engaging means in the passage of the machine when the door means is in the closed position and the door means when the door means is in the open position and the machine is in the occupied state. Second
Including first biasing means for placing the engagement means in the passage of the machine;
The first engaging means is engageable with the machine to move the first member, and the linking means from the second position to the second means in response to movement of the machine from the unoccupied state to the occupied state. First
Moving to a position: and the second engaging means is disengageable with the machine to move the first member, and the link means in response to movement of the machine from the occupied state to the unoccupied state. The device for selectively opening and closing the window of claim 2, which is moved from a first position to the second position. 4. The blocking means moves to a blocking position in the passage of the first member when the door means is in the closed position and the first engaging means is in the passage of the machine. 4. A device for selectively opening and closing the window of claim 3 having hooking means for preventing movement of the first member; said hooking means being capable of moving to said release position in response to movement of said machine to said occupied state. . 5. The first member includes a Geneva claw rotatably attached, the Geneva claw having a first arm having the first engaging means and a second arm having the second engaging means. The arm has; the barb has a locking barb having blocking means for blocking rotation of the Geneva pawl when the door means is in the closed position;
5. The device for selectively opening and closing a window of claim 4, which engages with the locking hook to move the hook to the release position when the self approaches the occupied state. 6. An apparatus for selectively opening and closing the window of claim 4, including second biasing means for biasing the hook means to the blocking position. 7. The Geneva pawl has a first axis of rotation; and the first biasing means includes an over center spring coupled to the Geneva pawl, the over center spring being for the door means. When in the open position, a force line is formed on one side of the axis of rotation to force the first arm into the passage of the machine, and when the door means is in the closed position, the force line is An apparatus for selectively opening and closing the window of claim 5 formed on the other side of the axis of rotation to force the second arm into the passage of the machine. 8. A second means for biasing the locking hook to the blocking position.
Biasing means; the locking barb is rotatably mounted about a second axis of rotation and has a first cam surface in the passage of the machine as the machine moves toward the occupied state; First
A cam surface selectively engages and disengages the window of claim 5, wherein the cam surface is engageable with the machine to move the locking hook from the blocking position to the release position as the machine moves toward the occupied state. Device to do. 9. A second means for biasing the locking hook to the blocking position.
Biasing means; the locking barb is rotatably mounted about a second axis of rotation and has a second cam surface within the passageway of the machine as the machine moves from the occupied state toward the unoccupied state. 6. By having the locking barb rotate from the blocking position toward the release position to allow rotation of the Geneva pawl to a position where the first arm is within the passage of the machine.
A device that selectively opens and closes windows. 10. A door formed to close the window; hinge means attached to the door for pivotally supporting the door; rotating shaft means attached to the hinge means; and fixed to the shaft means. A device for selectively opening and closing a window according to claim 1, wherein the crank means is movable by the link assembly means to move the door between positions for opening and closing the window. 11. The door is pivotable over an obtuse angle between the open position and the closed position; the link assembly means is generally slidable forward and backward in the horizontal direction; 11. The device for selectively opening and closing a window of claim 10, having a front end coupled to said crank means, and said crank means being rotatable about an axis over an obtuse angle measured rearwardly from said wall. 12. The crank means has a crank arm fixed to the shaft means and a crank pin, and the crank
A pin is parallel to the shaft means and spaced from the shaft means and extends from the crank arm; the crank pin is
An apparatus for selectively opening and closing the window of claim 11 coupled to said link means for converting sliding movement of said link means into rotational movement of said shaft means. 13. The machine has a control unit of an automatic teller machine, the control unit includes a customer use member; and the wall has a partition of the automatic teller machine, and the partition. The device for selectively opening and closing a window of claim 1, wherein the section forms the window occupied by the customer utilization member when the machine is in the occupied state.